For Zuo Lin, who is growing in strength and self-confidence, any emerging threat will become a litmus test for his ability to improve. He's not one of the other 13 million people in the city.

It's not hard to test the person you're following, but there's no need to involve someone else. One evening, he decided to walk to Tsubame Hokusai, and on the way, he wanted to know a little about who the people who would come and watch him were.

Yan Hokusai's residence in the city is on Sinan Road, which is the kind of courtyard and villa with blue brick exterior walls, green courtyards, and authentic old Shanghai style. Although all the modern equipment is available, it is hidden in an inconspicuous place, and at first glance, the small building is not much different from the appearance of Yan Hokusai when he lived here. It's just that there's a lot of noise around.

It takes about 20 minutes to walk there from the clubhouse on Julu Road. After turning to Huaihai Road, the guy who was watching had to get closer, otherwise he might lose it at any time. Zuo Lin usually rarely frequented the big shopping malls, but today he burrowed into one mall after another with great interest, seemingly casually browsing. The escalator is a very good place to shorten the distance between you and the stalker, and it is impossible for the other party to deliberately go in the opposite direction on the elevator, which would be too traceful. At the entrance of an escalator, Zuo Lin stopped, playing with the Zippo lighter on the counter next to him. He could clearly feel the nervousness of the stalker. The stalker's body tensed, and he walked behind Zuo Lin like a normal shopper and walked towards the counter a few steps away. That extremely defensive posture, as if Zuo Lin would jump up and give him a knife at any time.

Taking advantage of the moment when the two of them staggered, Zuo Lin had already completed what he wanted to do. With a flick of his fingers, he glued a peach ear into the groove of the stalker's belt buckle.

The flowers and fruits of the ear peach are twins, and the fruit is only the size of a grain of rice. The two fruits of the twins are identical and mysteriously connected to each other. After drying with a special process, the peel of the peach becomes hard, and the two cotyledons wrapped in the peel become two valves that are thinner than the wings of cicadas. This valve vibrates at the usual frequency at which the person speaks. The so-called special connection means that when the valve in one peach vibrates, the valve in the other peach of the twin vibrates in the same way. Ear peach, hundreds of years before the discovery of the principle of electromagnetism, was used by generations of druids to eavesdrop. One ear peach is placed at the target who needs to be eavesdropped, and the other ear peach is placed in his own ear, and in a fairly wide range, nothing can hinder the resonance of the twins' two ear peaches.

Zuo Lin also used this thing for the first time, and using a pair of ear peaches was enough to make him feel distressed for a long time. This is not a plant that he can cultivate with the power of nature. It is not difficult to give birth to the ear peach plant, but the rapid growth will make the two ear peaches of twins less closely and accurately connected, and there will often be crosstalk or resonance imbalance. The best ear peaches should grow at an extremely smooth rate in a completely constant temperature and humidity environment. A peach tree produces hundreds of pairs of fruit a year, but there are usually fewer than five pairs that can be preserved for eavesdropping after being screened and dried. When Sun Lao was in the mountains, he used the power of nature to carve out a small piece of land to maintain basically constant growth conditions, and it took him 4 years to produce 7 pairs of ear peaches, three of which were given to Zuo Lin. Each pair of peaches is placed in a separate nail size lead box and then submerged in beeswax to protect the peaches from light, vibration and other factors. Although Zuo Lin has seeds, there is no environment to plant ear peaches, and the three pairs of things left by Sun Lao are one pair less than one pair.

Although the ear peach does not have as many functions as those bugs on TV, at least for now, it is the most secret and undetectable bug in the world, and it is also the one that can work continuously without using an external power source.

Nowadays, in shopping malls, there are human voices everywhere, but it is not an ideal environment for monitoring. However, at night, when this guy sat in an air-conditioned car, anything he said would reach Zuo Lin's ears with great clarity.

After finishing the placement of the ear peach, Zuo Lin didn't take any more detours, and after buying a few books from the Monsoon Academy in the subway battle, he rushed straight to Yan Hokusai's residence.

Tsubame Hokusai's residence has become a regular place for Zobayashi to eat dinner these days. When he arrived, Yan Hokusai was still in the company and didn't come back, while Yan Yingxue was bathing the animals she had taken in by the edge of the pool in the courtyard. This small courtyard accommodated 4 dogs, 9 cats and a new fox, watching them get along in harmony, let Yan Yingxue rub them round and flatten them and drink them, Zuo Lin always wondered if Yan Yingxue was born to communicate with them instead of needing to practice the many skills of animal druids.

"Brother Zuo Lin," Seeing Zuo Lin coming, Yan Yingxue threw the little fox who looked pitiful with soap bubbles all over her body into the basin, and rushed towards Zuo Lin. She was wearing a pink T-shirt and dark blue suspender cargo jeans, which was really cute. Strap jeans in the breast pocket, and the kitten, which has always looked like it is only a few months old, tuggs at the edge of the pocket and looks out.

"Xue Xue, why are you so happy?" Zuo Lin picked up Yan Yingxue, and was careful not to press the little kitten.

"I memorized the fourth paragraph. Pulling Zuo Lin's ears, Yan Yingxue said proudly.

Summer vacation is a time for children to play, but also a time for children to tutor. Yan Yingxue's tutoring is just something special. The process of learning the language of the druids is also the process of understanding the natural world, and the songs used as an alphabet refer to a variety of animals and plants, to magical lands that may no longer exist, to the people and things they encountered during the travels of the great druids of the past, and to the experiences of becoming friends and enemies with other people in this world with magical powers. Back then, Sun Lao traveled almost all over the world, set foot in almost every place mentioned in the song, and spent a lot of energy studying the historical events mentioned in the song, so when he taught the song to Zuolin, Mr. Sun told the story of the whole song magnificently, wonderful, mixed with a lot of his own opinions.

The world of the druids is a little far away from the Chinese, and the stories retold by Zuo Lin are wonderful for Yan Yingxue, but it is just enough to hear them. Just like when Zolin was learning the druid language.

The process of teaching classical songs is also the process of teaching Yan Yingxue to observe the world seriously, understand the world, and look at the world with another eye. Zuo Lin would take the trouble to tell Yan Yingxue about the lives of various creatures every day, but he also took Yan Yingxue to observe the creatures in the courtyard that they were used to getting along with with each other with the most detailed eyes, and their daily changes.

"Big brother, Xue Xue is a little strange, why do I feel the trees, birds, and cats and dogs around me when I recite the songs? Yan Yingxue leaned next to Zuo Lin's ear and asked in a low voice as if she had done something wrong.

"That shows that Xuexue you studied very seriously and studied well. It is also a song that can be used to practice the power of nature. Zuo Lin was pleasantly surprised, he didn't expect Yan Yingxue to reach a state of natural resonance so quickly. This means that she can not only recite the songs correctly, but also represent her understanding of the songs, her understanding of everything in this world has entered a new level, and she is beginning to be able to discover those ubiquitous energies, absorb those energies, and accommodate those energies. It took me a full year to learn, I learned both languages from beginning to end, and I memorized all the classic songs to reach this state, and now, Yan Yingxue has only been learning the fourth paragraph for more than a week. Yan Yingxue is a well-deserved genius.

Tsubame Hokusai didn't come back until after 9 p.m. At this time, Zuo Lin and Yan Yingxue, who couldn't help but be hungry for a long time, not only finished eating, but also finished their evening classes. Zuo Lin wanted to ask who Yan Yingxue's mother was. If Yan Yingxue just loves nature and has a keen sense of smell, it can also be explained as the family environment and some chances, but the body's sensitive response to the power of nature can't be explained, and most of this ability is genetic. Yan Hokusai couldn't see this kind of characteristic, otherwise, Sun Lao would have taught him as his own disciple back then, instead of just teaching some fur. Then it can only be Yan Yingxue's mother who gave Yan Yingxue such a genetic.

However, today's Tsubame Hokusai was unexpectedly excited. His eyes shone with pride, a faint smile hung on the corner of his mouth, and he seemed to stand a little taller than usual. Tsubame Hokusai, who is usually lazy and casual, will not be like this for no reason. However, looking at the bodyguards around Yan Hokusai, his mood seemed to be developing in another direction. The 4 people who originally followed Yan Hokusai have now become 6 people, and the two guys who have added look better than the original 4. Jin Xiaohua, who was hiding in the villa and secretly following Yan Yingxue, exchanged words with those bodyguards for a while, and then actually began to be armed in the room.

As if something had happened. Thinking like this, it seemed that it was a bit inappropriate to ask questions about Yan Yingxue's mother, Zuo Lin asked, "Old Yan, what's wrong?

"It's okay," Yan Hokusai waved his hand and said, "It blocks the way of some people's wealth and sweeps away some people's face, this kind of thing often happens." ”

"Old Yan, I've been fine lately, how about I follow you for a walk?" Zuo Lin thought for a while and said. If he was by Tsubame Hokusai's side, there shouldn't be a problem. Looking at the appearance of those bodyguards as if they were facing a great enemy, it was obviously not what Yan Hokusai said.

"Hehe, you follow my students, next year, you have to take the exam now, you have to help me manage Xuexue, even if you don't need to train, you can't be idle. I don't have to take things to heart, I'm 90 years old, and I haven't seen anything. In Yan Hokusai's tone, there was a bit of scoff at the danger that was about to appear.

Although Yan Hokusai is not young, his personality is becoming more and more old and stubborn. Encountering a strong opponent will not make him back down, but will cheer him up even more. Moreover, since he refused to say it, those bodyguards would not talk much. Zuo Lin can only save this question.

When he returned to the clubhouse on Julu Road in the evening, he remembered the matter of the guy who was watching him. After putting the twins' other ear peach in his ear, he lay down on the bed and began to read. God knows when the guy waiting in the car will speak.

Fortunately, he didn't make Zuo Lin wait too long, and at about 12 o'clock, as if he was recording the day's surveillance, the guy said, "The target is to carry out activities according to the regular schedule." Transfer from location A to B on foot. There is a brief proximity to the target, and the target has no physical reaction to hostility. Complete. ”

Not long after, the guy called again: "Old Song, it's almost 1 o'clock, and you won't come to take over?...... All right. I've been staring at it for a few days, but there's no reaction, is this dirt bun really a dangerous person according to the CIA? Why didn't I see it?...... Forget it, for the sake of money, keep an eye on it for two more days. ”

Hearing this, Zuo Lin took out the ear peach. He roughly understood what was going on. My performance in Myanmar is a little too positive. Proficient in jungle warfare, knowledgeable about medicines, proficient in weapons such as bows and arrows, and has no adverse reactions to killing in close combat...... Wait a minute. Insula won't say anything after he returns, but the soldiers under him are all ordinary people, so they will naturally spread his situation intentionally or unintentionally. Naturally, the CIA will screen and verify such targets. It seems that the CIA did not send its own people, but subcontracted such low-level work to guys like intelligence agents.

Dangerous person? This is really not a good evaluation of yourself.

However, this is very much in line with Zuo Lin's state. Zuo Lin, who had just learned his first Transfiguration, now often wondered when he would be able to play it again, and that excitement sometimes overwhelmed any other thoughts in his heart. The current Zuo Lin is indeed dangerous in this respect. Even now, Zuo Lin has turned the idea of transforming into a wolf to toss that guy countless times in his mind.

For many people, it may be, but for a druid, it is almost a tradition to disguise one's identity with one's own abilities, not to attract the attention of others, and to escape from pursuit when encountering danger. There is no way to use the power of nature in the city, and with careful care, it becomes an impossible task to find out how dangerous Zuo Lin is. Perhaps not discovering the truth will lead to more dangerous measurements, but sometimes, it is better not to estimate the other person's imagination so high.